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post #2131 of 2286
1/16/13 at 4:22am
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My front wall.

WOW!!!! Very Nice!! biggrin.gif
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post #2132 of 2286
1/19/13 at 7:56am




New SVS PB13-Ultra
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post #2133 of 2286
1/19/13 at 9:41am
That is one great looking stand option! Congrats on the new sub BTW.
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post #2134 of 2286
1/19/13 at 10:55am
Love the look of the PB13 Ultra.
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post #2135 of 2286
1/19/13 at 7:13pm
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That is one great looking stand option! Congrats on the new sub BTW.

Thanks, made it my self!
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post #2136 of 2286
1/19/13 at 11:44pm
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Here's a picture of my old subwoofer from a few years ago. The borg-cubes, ten Mal-X 18's



2013: Here's my system as of yesterday... patience daniel son... wax on wax off tongue.gif
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post #2137 of 2286
1/20/13 at 9:24am
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2009:
Here's a picture of my old subwoofer from a few years ago. The borg-cubes, ten Mal-X 18's

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post #2138 of 2286
1/20/13 at 10:30am
I wonder how much those weigh?
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post #2139 of 2286
1/20/13 at 10:58am

Psa xv15. Crappy cell pic
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post #2140 of 2286
1/20/13 at 11:14am
About 400lbs each.

I had to do it that way because I didn't have the space to put them in separate boxes.
I now have the space, and that allows for proper placement and better frequency response.

I have 17 subwoofers now (and counting); so placement is almost moot (because they are already everywhere). biggrin.gif

For the bass above 40hz, I got these. (100db per watt FYI... powered by two EP4000's)
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post #2141 of 2286
1/20/13 at 1:17pm
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I have 17 subwoofers now (and counting); so placement is almost moot (because they are already everywhere).

17? Geez man. I don't know how you do that. I'm way to anal retentive to amass an array of different equipment in the first place much less want to take the time to ensure everything will play nicely together. I understand each has their own strengths and weaknesses, but man... I just couldn't do it without some kind of end result in mind...

How about a pic of all your beauties stacked together...

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post #2142 of 2286
1/20/13 at 3:15pm

A pick of my new PSA XV-15
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post #2143 of 2286
1/20/13 at 3:42pm
At the time I was powering it in series-parallel (i.e. 10-ohm) with an iTech-8000 in bridge mode, which is basically dual 5-ohm. About ~8000watts or 800watts per cone.
Obviously underpowered... but I couldn't afford 5 iTech-8000's redface.gif

I sold all the velodynes, they weren't good enough for me, I had to make my own subs to get something good enough.
I still have the 15's from 2008, but I'm now thinking of selling them and upgrading to another 3 18's. I was thinking of trying some RE XXX-18's wink.gif

This is as close to a "stack" as it gets.



The best subwoofer I have is the TC LMS Ultra. It has so much magnetic force strength that practically no other subwoofer can complete against it (at least for infrasonic <40hz reproduction); except for maybe an equivalent number of XXX-18's in an IB.
Above 40hz however... pro-woofers are of course going to out SPL it because of the 100db/watt efficiency. That's just the physics of it... what can ya do.
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post #2144 of 2286
1/20/13 at 4:03pm
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Originally Posted by popalock View Post

17? Geez man. I don't know how you do that. I'm way to anal retentive to amass an array of different equipment in the first place much less want to take the time to ensure everything will play nicely together. I understand each has their own strengths and weaknesses, but man... I just couldn't do it without some kind of end result in mind...

How about a pic of all your beauties stacked together...
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The goal was and has always been for the woofs to make love to my eardrums. haha biggrin.gif
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post #2145 of 2286
1/20/13 at 4:24pm
anytime I've tried to mix even two different subs I've typically thought a single design sounded better by itself, maybe not louder - but better.

Subs I've tried to mix
DIY 15" ottoman with four drivers, Jamos D7 Sub pair, SVS PB13 Ultra pair, Pro Audio Yamaha CW-218V, JTR Captivator pair, Infinity HPS-1000 pair. I can't think of a single time when I felt the magic happened in mixing designs. But to each his own! If you are happy with the subs and have them calibrated in then I applaud your effort. I'd image its plenty loud with 17 subs ---- biggrin.gif Perhaps, it's untrue, but I'd expect sound quality to be a bit of a mess with that mix mash of drivers. I tried extensively with the Yamaha CW218V and the SVS PB13 Ultra to combine two subs I like very much liked apart for different reasons. The Yamaha sounded better for music and the SVS better for movie/deep bass. When played together I thought they basically cancelled each other's strengths out and I ended up getting a compromise of both --- but losing the clear strength of either. The JTR cap pair sounded better than either of them at either task and got louder to boot - so I found my huckleberry.

Do you have several dsp and HPF filters in place for each sub driver or just running them all native?
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post #2146 of 2286
1/20/13 at 4:50pm
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Originally Posted by BassThatHz View Post


The best subwoofer I have is the TC LMS Ultra. It has so much magnetic force strength that practically no other subwoofer can complete against it.
Curious, you ever think of selling off the other subs and picking up a bunch of LMS's?? I bet 17 of those would kill! Possibly literally. tongue.gif


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anytime I've tried to mix even two different subs I've typically thought a single design sounded better by itself, maybe not louder - but better.

Subs I've tried to mix
DIY 15" ottoman with four drivers, Jamos D7 Sub pair, SVS PB13 Ultra pair, Pro Audio Yamaha CW-218V, JTR Captivator pair, Infinity HPS-1000 pair. I can't think of a single time when I felt the magic happened in mixing designs. But to each his own! If you are happy with the subs and have them calibrated in then I applaud your effort. I'd image its plenty loud with 17 subs ---- biggrin.gif Perhaps, it's untrue, but I'd expect sound quality to be a bit of a mess with that mix mash of drivers. I tried extensively with the Yamaha CW218V and the SVS PB13 Ultra to combine two subs I like very much liked apart for different reasons. The Yamaha sounded better for music and the SVS better for movie/deep bass. When played together I thought they basically cancelled each other's strengths out and I ended up getting a compromise of both --- but losing the clear strength of either. The JTR cap pair sounded better than either of them at either task and got louder to boot - so I found my huckleberry.

Do you have several dsp and HPF filters in place for each sub driver or just running them all native?
At one point I had an Epik Empire and Phoenix, a PB13, and 3 MFW's. After some EQ work, I actually got it to sound pretty good.
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post #2147 of 2286
1/20/13 at 5:19pm
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Originally Posted by edoggrc51 View Post

Curious, you ever think of selling off the other subs and picking up a bunch of LMS's?? I bet 17 of those would kill! Possibly literally. tongue.gif
At one point I had an Epik Empire and Phoenix, a PB13, and 3 MFW's. After some EQ work, I actually got it to sound pretty good.

Dude, round it off to 16 LMS-U's.

That would be the envy of the forum for sure...

Would kill it!!!
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post #2148 of 2286
1/20/13 at 5:22pm
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Originally Posted by popalock View Post

Dude, round it off to 16 LMS-U's.

That would be the envy of the forum for sure...

Would kill it!!!
Can't go wrong with a double Not special! biggrin.gif
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post #2149 of 2286
1/20/13 at 7:04pm
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Can't go wrong with a double Not special! biggrin.gif

With as much money as Bass has spent on gear over the years, it seems like this would have been the cheaper route anyway...
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post #2150 of 2286
1/20/13 at 8:40pm
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Originally Posted by popalock View Post

With as much money as Bass has spent on gear over the years, it seems like this would have been the cheaper route anyway...
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It usually is bro. I know that was the case with my subwoofer journey. Sometimes it's just cheaper to go straight to the top.
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post #2151 of 2286
1/21/13 at 4:25am
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Originally Posted by edoggrc51 View Post

It usually is bro. I know that was the case with my subwoofer journey. Sometimes it's just cheaper to go straight to the top.

Speaking of your journey, what's the path you've taken man? I know you had the Conquests before the LMS-U's, but I forget what you had before that.

I think it would benefit everyone if you documented that journey!

Actually, I would invite all to tell their Subwoofer Ownership story to help those seeking sub satisfaction to avoid the same purchasing mistakes...

Shameless thread plug, but having access to a consolidated list would have been a great resource to have back when I started my journey.
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post #2152 of 2286
1/21/13 at 4:57am


Power sound audio vx15. By far the best sub I've owned out of my 4 previous svs subs
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post #2153 of 2286
1/21/13 at 10:39am
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Originally Posted by popalock View Post

Speaking of your journey, what's the path you've taken man? I know you had the Conquests before the LMS-U's, but I forget what you had before that.

I think it would benefit everyone if you documented that journey!
Posted brotha!
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post #2154 of 2286
1/21/13 at 7:47pm
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Originally Posted by BassThatHz View Post

At the time I was powering it in series-parallel (i.e. 10-ohm) with an iTech-8000 in bridge mode, which is basically dual 5-ohm. About ~8000watts or 800watts per cone.
Obviously underpowered... but I couldn't afford 5 iTech-8000's redface.gif

I sold all the velodynes, they weren't good enough for me, I had to make my own subs to get something good enough.
I still have the 15's from 2008, but I'm now thinking of selling them and upgrading to another 3 18's. I was thinking of trying some RE XXX-18's wink.gif

This is as close to a "stack" as it gets.



The best subwoofer I have is the TC LMS Ultra. It has so much magnetic force strength that practically no other subwoofer can complete against it (at least for infrasonic <40hz reproduction); except for maybe an equivalent number of XXX-18's in an IB.
Above 40hz however... pro-woofers are of course going to out SPL it because of the 100db/watt efficiency. That's just the physics of it... what can ya do.


did you used to be...theEar?
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post #2155 of 2286
1/22/13 at 8:40am
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Originally Posted by edoggrc51 View Post

It usually is bro. I know that was the case with my subwoofer journey. Sometimes it's just cheaper to go straight to the top.

Me too! I've gone thru 24 subwoofers in the past 6 years. Now I have the best with 4 Submersives. The Conquest was no slouch either.
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post #2156 of 2286
1/22/13 at 11:33am
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Power sound audio vx15. By far the best sub I've owned out of my 4 previous svs subs
Glad you like it. If i remember correctly, you just upgraded your sb12 to pb12 not long ago. Upgrade bug?smile.gif what next?
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post #2157 of 2286
1/22/13 at 3:21pm
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Now I have the best with 4 Submersives.

I bet 4 of these will beat 4 of yours. biggrin.gif
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post #2158 of 2286
1/22/13 at 3:37pm
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I bet 4 of these will beat 4 of yours. biggrin.gif

Not cool...
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post #2159 of 2286
1/22/13 at 3:50pm
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I bet 4 of these will beat 4 of yours. biggrin.gif

Ya, I'm sure they would. It's amazing what you can get for another $3,816...

Of course, with that kind of money you could almost own TWO MORE Submersive HPs.
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post #2160 of 2286
1/22/13 at 4:06pm
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Ya, I'm sure they would. It's amazing what you can get for another $3,816...

Of course, with that kind of money you could almost own TWO MORE Submersive HPs.

But you wouldn't get the 18" drivers. wink.gif
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